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Sect. 3. The water commissioners and all other boards, committees and officers shall, on the first day of each month. pay to the town treasurer all sums collected by them th month previous to the custody of which the treasurer is entitled.
Sect. 4. A majority of the water commissioners, school committee, or of any board, or committee, and any officer having charge of the expenditure of an appropriation, shall approve in writing all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls properly chargeable to such appropriation, and shall trans- mit the same with his or their approval to the selectmen. All other accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls shall be ex- amined by the selectmen and, if proper, shall be approved by them. The selectmen shall label all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls which have been approved either by themselves or by the other officers before mentioned, and shall keep a record thereof in a book kept for the purpose, stating the persons to whom payable, the amounts and dates thereof, and the funds, or appropriations, from which the same are payable.
Sect. 5. Drafts signed by a majority of the selectmen, stating the accounts to which the same are chargeable,
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shall be drawn upon the treasurer for the payment of all sums by law payable from the treasury to the common- wealth or county, final judgments of courts, bonds, notes and scrip of the town and interest thereon and money pay- · able to the commissioners of the sinking fund and to the trustees of the public library; and also for the payment of all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls which have been approved in the manner provided in the previous section Such drafts shall not be negotiated, but shall be trans mitted by the selectmen directly to the treasurer accom- panied by the approved bills or other documents for the settlement of which the drafts are drawn.
Sect. 6. The treasurer shall file and safely keep all ap- proved and receipted accounts, claims, bills, and pay-rolls, and all vouchers, cancelled bonds, notes scrip, and other evidences of indebtedness of the town which have been paid from the treasury.
Sect. 7. No draft shall be drawn by the selectmen un- less there is sufficient appropriation to pay the same, except for sums by law payable to the commonwealth or county, final judgments of courts, bonds, notes and scrip of the town and interest thereon, and money payable to the com missioners of the sinking fund.
Sect. 8. The selectmen and treasurer respectively shal' make a record, in a book kept for the purpose, of each ap propriation, with a list of the drafts drawn against such appropriation, and shall make a record of all bonds, notes, scrip or other evidence of indebtedness of the town, signed countersigned by them.
Sect. 9. When the bills contracted or approved by any board, committee, or officer have exhausted the entire ap- propriation for such board, committee or officer, they shall incur no further expenditure, except in cases where such expenditure may be required by law; and it shall be the duty of each board, committee or officer before the close of the financial year to approve all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls chargeable to their appropriation. During the in-
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terval between the thirty-first day of January in each year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the selectmen, school committee and water commissioners, in order to meet the liabilities of their several dpartments, incurred in the carrying on of the work entrusted to them, shall have authority to make expenditures and payments from the treasury from any available funds therein, and the same shall be charged against the next annual appropria- tion. Such expenditure and liability incurred for any pur. pose shall not exceed one-fourth the entire amount appro priated for that purpose in the previous year.
Sect. 10. Unless the town shall expressly otherwise vote, no extension of water pipes shall be made unless be- fore the work of construction is begun one or more of the persons whom it is proposed to supply with water by means of such extension, shall file with the town clerk a bond with sureties satisfactory to the water commissioners, condi- tioned to pay to the town for five years next following the completion of such extension and the letting of water into the same, a sum sufficient, together with the net annual in come from such extension, to amount annually to five per centum of the total cost thereof.
ARTICLE III.
TOWN SEAL.
Section 1. The design of the town seal shall be: a circle. in the border the words "Lincoln. Incorporated in 1746 as a precinct: in 1754 as a Town;" in the center, a shield, in the chief or upper part of which on a cross, gules, a fleur -. de-lis, gold, from the old seal of Lincoln, England, and in the base of the shield a view of the present town hall; crest, the old chestnut tree standing upon the common in Lincoln: in saltire two shepherd's crooks; the device thereof being as follows:
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Sect. 2. All deeds and other legal documents made, given or entered into by the town requiring a seal shall be sealed with the town seal, and signed in behalf of the town by a majority of the selectmen.
Sect. 3. The town clerk shall have the custody of the town seal.
ARTICLE IV.
RECORDS.
Section 1. The town clerk shall record in full in a bool kept for the purpose all written contracts, deeds and other instruments to which the town is a party except such in- struments as may by law be recorded in the Registry of Deeds; and it shall be the duty of any board or officer exe cuting or receiving such written contract, or other instru- ment, to deliver the same forthwith to the town clerk for the purpose of record. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to see that all conveyances of real estate to the town are properly recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
Sect. 2. The town clerk shall keep a file of ___ town re- ports, reports of all committees chosen by the tow and all original documents relating to the affairs of the tow. which may come into his possession. .
ARTICLE V.
BOOKS.
Section 1. Books, records and laws received by the town from the commonwealth shall be deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the town officer by whom any book mentioned in the preceding section is received, to cause the same to be at once deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 3. Such books may be used by the inhabitants of the town within such building, and may be taken therefrom upon written receipt to the librarian for a period not ex- ceeding one day at any one time for use in any town meet- ing, or by or before any committee or official of the town.
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ARTICLE VI.
SUITS AND CONTROVERSIES.
Section 1. The selectmen may compromise claims and suits to which the town is a party, provided that they shall act upon the advice of counsel when the amount claimed by or against the town exceeds $200.00.
Sect. 2. The selectmen shall have, unless it is otherwise voted by the town, full authority as agents of the town to institute and prosecute suits or other proceedings in the name of the town before any tribunal, to appear and repre- sent or defend the town before any tribunal in all suits and other proceedings against the town or in which the town has an interest, to employ counsel for the purpose aforesaid and for other purposes when it may be expedient to do so. and to take all necessary and proper measures for the pro- tection of the interests and rights of the town.
Sect. 3. If the town shall, at any meeting called for the purpose, choose, a committee on claims, such committee shall have and exercise exclusively all the powers and duties conferred upon the selectmen by the two preceding sections.
ARTICLE VII.
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE TOWN.
Section 1. The annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees shall be prepared in form suitable for printing on or before the tenth day of February in each year. The selectmen shall cause such reports to be printed and distributed to the legal voters of the town seven days at least before the annual meeting.
Sect. 2. The selectmen shall cause to be printed and bound each year with the annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees, a copy of the records of the town meetings during the preceding year; a statement of all devises, bequests and donations to the town during the
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preceding year; a list of all laws of the commonwealth ac- cepted by the town during the year; all by-laws adopted by the town since the preceding annual report; copies of the laying out, alteration, locating anew or discontinuance of any highway or townway within the limits of the town dur- ing the preceding year; and a statement of all outstanding bonds, notes and obligations of the town for the payment of money.
Sect. 3. The selectmen shall from time to time cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the by-laws of the town and shall incorporate therewith a list of the laws of the commonwealth which have been accepted by the town.
ARTICLE VIII. .
TRUANTS.
Section 1. Any minor being an habitual truant, and any child between the ages of seven and fifteen years found wandering about the streets or public places within the town having no lawful occupation or business, not attend- ing school, and growing up in ignorance, and such children as persistently violate the reasonable rules and regulations of the public schools, may upon conviction thereof be com- mitted to the Middlesex County Truant School at Chelms- ford, Mass., or to any other place provided by the town within its limits, for confinement, instruction, and disci- pline.
ARTICLE IX.
PUBLIC REGULATIONS.
Section 1. No person shall coast upon any public street or part thereof after the selectmen have posted a notice prohibiting coasting upon such street or part thereof.
Sect. 2. No person, unless authorized by law, shall break or dig up any part of any street without a written permit therefor from the selectmen. Every person who
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after obtaining such permit shall obstruct or render unsafe any public street, shall guard the same by a proper fence or railing, and by lights during the night time, subject to the approval of the selectmen. Such permit may be revoked at any time.
Sect. 3. No person shall be or remain in any doorway, or upon any stairs, doorstep, portico or other projection from any house or building, or upon or against any wall or fence on or near any street or public place, after having been requested by the owner or any occupant of the premises or by any constable or police officer to remove therefrom.
Sect. 4. No person shall make, write, print, paint, cut or post any indecent or obscene marks, words, figures or signs upon any fence, building, post, tree or other object exposed to public view.
Sect. 5. No person shall wilfully injure, mar, deface or destroy any fence, signboard, guideboard, lamp-post, lamp or lantern in any street or public place, nor extinguish any street light, nor extinguish or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or a defect in any public street or way, without proper authority to do so.
Sect. 6. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this article shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars."
Which said By-Laws being seen and understood by the Court, are on this nineteenth day of June, A. D. 1897, ap- proved.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record. I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this twenty-second day of June, A. D. 1897.
RALPH M. SMITH, Ass't Clerk.
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INDEX
PAGE
Town Officers, 1908-1909
3-5
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1908-1909
6-33
Town Clerk's Report
34-36
Recommendations for Appropriations
37-38
Selectmen's Report .
37-43
Auditor's Report
47
Expenditures for the year
48-64
Report of Assessors
77-91
Report of Town Treasurer
65
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund
66
Report of Treasurer Commissioners Trust Funds
67-72
Report of Treasurer Geo. F. Bemis Lecture Fund
73-74
Report of Treasurer Cemetery Commissioners
75
Report of Water Commissioners
93-99
Report of Tree Warden
101-117
Report of School Building Committe
118-119
Report of the Board of Health
76
Report of Supt. of Streets
46
Report of Committee on Claims
92
Report of Inspector of Animals and Meat
44
Report of the Fire Engineers .
45
Report of Trustees of Lincoln Public Library
120-121
Library Statistics
123
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library
122
Report of Librarian .
124
List of Accessions to Library .
125-133
School Reports
136-163
Report of School Committee
137-145
Summary of School Expenses
163
School Calendar and Statistics
161-162
Roll of Honor
160
Tabular Statement
163
Warrant, 1909
162-166
By-Laws of the Town
167-174
Report of the Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb. 1, 1909, to Feb. 1, 1910
ALSO THE
Reports of the School and other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910
INC
NCORPORATED.IN.
IN.1754-AS-A-TOWN
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BOSTON : GEO. E. CROSBY CO., PRINTERS 394 Atlantic Avenue 1910
Report of the Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb. 1, 1909, to Feb. 1, 1910
ALSO THE
Reports of the School and other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1909=1910
&LINCOLN
& INCORPO I
ATED .!
T. IN.1754.AS .A. TOWN.
IN.1746.
BOSTON : GEO. E. CROSBY CO., PRINTERS 394 Atlantic Avenue 1910
TOWN OFFICERS, 1910-1911.
Town Clerk. GEORGE L. CHAPIN.
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor.
CHARLES S. SMITH, CHARLES LEE TODD,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON.
Board of Health.
MARTIN M. WELCH
Term expires 1910
EDWARDS W. HERMAN .
66 1911
R. D. DONALDSON
66 1912
Assessors.
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE .
Term expires 1910
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
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.
1911
CHARLES S. WHEELER
·
1912
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Auditor. JAMES W. LENNON.
Constables.
JAMES T. LAIRD, WINSLOW A. EATON, GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES H. ROONEY, WILLIAM A. HARDING.
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
C. LEE TODD
Term expires 1910.
JULIUS E. EVELETH ·
.
66 1911
CHARLES S. SMITH · · ·
.
1912
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Tree Warden. EDWARD R. FARRAR.
Committee on Claims.
MOORFIELD STOREY,
JULIUS E. EVELETH.
CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Trustees for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
C. LEE TODD
Term expires 1910
JULIUS E. EVELETH
66
1911
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GEORGE FLINT
66 1912
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, HERBERT E. BARNES.
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, JOHN F. FARRAR. CHARLES LEE TODD,
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio.
REV. EDWARD E. BRADLEY, Chairman School Committee, ex-officio.
Registrars.
CHARLES S. SMITH,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON,
C. LEE TODD,
GEORGE L. CHAPIN.
School Committee.
EDWARD R. FARRAR
Term expires 1910
HENRY E. WARNER
. 6 66 1911
REV. EDWARD E. BRADLEY
66 1912
Water Commissioners.
JOSEPH S. HART .
Term expires 1910
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
66 1911
STEPHEN H. BLODGETT .
66 1912
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen, ex-officio.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Treasurer, 66
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Field Drivers.
JOHN J. KELLIHER,
OWEN E. MARTIN, TIMOTHY J. CROWLEY.
Fence Viewers.
JOHN F. FARRAR,
MARTIN M. WELCH.
Surveyors of Lumber. RICHARD A. SHEPARD.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
SAMUEL FARRAR,
HAROLD S. COUSINS
JOHN F. FARRAR.
Cemetery Commissioners.
CHARLES S. SMITH
Term expires 1910
JULIUS E. EVELETH
66 1911
EDWARD F. FLINT
1912
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
1912
HERBERT E. BARNES
66 1913
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Proceedings of a Town Meeting, held Mar. 1, 1909 WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To James T. Laird, or any other Constable of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabit- ants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Monday, March first, at 1 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners, and Trustees.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Com- mittees, Commissioners and Trustees for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To appropriate money for necessary and expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in re- lation to the same.
ART. 5. To give in their votes by ballot in answer to the question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this Town?" The check list shall be used as provided by Section 5, Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 6. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
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ART. 7. To determine the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning February first, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current ex- penses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, payable in one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3 of Article 9 of the By-Laws. -
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to prosecute persons for selling intoxicating liquors in the Town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will take such action as may be necessary to introduce electric lights into the Town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take with reference to repairs on the Town Hall.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the old schoolhouse in the center of the Town.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take with reference to Chapter 209 of the Acts of 1908, entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire."
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will extend the water pipe from its present terminus, opposite the estate of Mrs. Mary Flynn, to a point opposite the house owned by the City of Cambridge, and make any appropriation for the same.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will extend the water pipe from the State Highway to a point opposite the house of Martin Nevelle, and make any appropriation for the same.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will continue the Special Committee appointed at the Special Town Meeting of September last, to act in an advisory capacity to the Tree Warden, or take any other action in the matter.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will elect a Road Sur- veyor by ballot.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will insure its own buildings or take any other action in the matter.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in each of the Post Offices and one of the churches or some other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for such meeting, and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, R D. DONALDSON,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
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The return on the Warrant is as follows :-
LINCOLN, Feb. 22, 1909.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station, seven days before said meeting.
JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant; the meeting then proceeded with the regular business of the day, the officers being elected and a part of the War- rant considered, when the meeting was adjourned until April 5 at one o'clock.
This record of the meeting is made as though all the Articles were passed upon in one day. Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 17 were acted upon March 1, and the rest of the Warrant was considered at the adjourn- ment April 5.
ARTICLE 1. Voted and chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator. (The check list being used.)
ART. 2. The reports of the various officers and committees as they appear in the printed report were considered separately and each was accepted.
ART. 2. Resolved, That the Town of Lincoln hereby give its thanks to Charles S. Smith, Esquire, for the lot of land which he generously gave to the town as a site for the new school house.
After the acceptance of the report of the Building Committee of the new school house, the following vote was passed:
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Voted that the Committee be instructed to ascertain and report further to the Town as soon as may be, whether and upon what terms the Town can procure an uncon- ditional and unrestricted title to the new school house lot. Moved that a committee be appointed by the chair to investigate the acts of the Registers of Voters and report at the next annual Town Meeting, or take such other action as may seem advisable.
The chair appointed :
Lorenzo E. Brooks, James E. Baker, Joseph S. Hart.
ART. 3. Chose.
TOWN CLERK .- George L. Chapin (sworn.)
SELECTMEN :-
Charles S. Smith (sworn.) Charles Lee Todd (sworn.) Robert D. Donaldson (sworn.)
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR .- Voted to omit choosing. BOARD OF HEALTH, 3 years .- Robert D. Donaldson.
ASSESSOR, 3 years .- Charles S. Wheeler (sworn.) TREASURER .- Charles S. Wheeler (sworn.)
COLLECTOR OF TAXES .- Voted that the Town Treas- urer be the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
AUDITOR .- James W. Lennon.
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CONSTABLES :-
James T. Laird (sworn.) George E. Cunningham (sworn.)
Winslow A. Eaton (sworn.) William C. Harding (sworn.) Charles H. Rooney (sworn.)
TREE WARDEN .- Edward R. Farrar.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS :-
Moorfield Storey. Julius E. Eveleth. Charles S. Wheeler.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 3 years .- Rev. Edward E. Bradley.
WATER COMMISSIONER, 3 years. - Stephen H. Blodgett.
FIELD DRIVERS :-
John J. Kelliher (sworn.) Owen E. Martin. Timothy J. Crowley.
FENCE VIEWERS :-
John F. Farrar, (sworn.) Martin M. Welch (sworn.)
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER .- Richard A. Shepard (sworn.)
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK :--
Samuel Farrar (sworn.) John F. Farrar (sworn.) Harold S. Cousins (sworn.)
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, 5 years. - George L. Chapin.
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUND, 3 years .- Charles S. Smith.
TRUSTEE OF BEMIS LECTURESHIP FOR FREE LECTURES 3 years .- George Flint.
Voted that the income of the Abbie J. Stearns Legacy for Silent Poor be left to be expended by the Selectmen.
ART. 4. The following appropriations were voted :-
For Schools $9,000.00
Interest on School House Bonds
2,080.00
School House Bonds, due 1909
3,000.00
Highways and Bridges
5,000.00
Tree Warden
500.00
Public Water Service
2,200.00
Interest
500.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
3,500.00
Poor .
400.00
Public Library, The Dog Tax and
400.00
Cemeteries 250.00
Street Lamps
600.00
Waltham Hospital-Free Bed
250.00
Fire Department
100.00
Board of Health
250.00
State Aid 96.00
Suppression of Liquor Nuisance
150.00
Gypsy Moth Pest
2,800.00
Water Works Sinking Fund . 2,173.37
To be taken from the Water Works Treasury.
Payment of Water Bonds
1,500.00
To be taken from Water Works Treasury.
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For Legal Expenses in suit against the Town of Concord 2,000.00
To be taken from the Treasury tempora-
rily, pending an issue of bonds.
Voted: That so much of the several reports of Town Officials in so far as the same relate to expenditures of town moneys or appropriations of the same to meet the requirements of the current year be referred to a Com- mittee of Eleven, to consist of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Treasurer, and seven citizens at large to be ap- pointed by the Moderator.
Voted: That the Committee appointed by the fore- going vote be instructed to inquire into the whole matter of town appropriations and expenditures and report their conclusions and recommendations at an adjournment of this meeting.
The Committee appointed by the Moderator under the foregoing vote is as follows :--
Charles F. Adams, Henry E. Warner,
Moorfield Storey, William A. Blodgett,
Julius E. Eveleth, Joseph S. Hart,
Anthony J. Doherty.
The Committee made a report to the Town at the adjourned meeting, which report was accepted and placed on file in the Town Clerk's office.
Voted: That the Special Committee of Eleven, to which was referred the several reports of the Town Officials for the year just ended, in so far as the same relate to expenditures of the town money or appropriations for the same to meet the future requirements, be continued, with instructions to complete their investigations and
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report the results to the Town for its consideration and action at a future Town Meeting.
Voted: That the Selectmen be directed to furnish the Superintendent of Streets with a duplicate Weekly Report Book, which report shall give in detail to the Selectmen an account of the number and names of the men at work each day and where each is employed; also, the Selectmen shall furnish the Superintendent of Streets with a Triplicate Bill Book, and whenever any work is done by the Town teams, it shall be the duty of the Super- intendent of Streets to render at the end of each week a bill to the person to whom the team is hired, and of the same to the Selectmen, one copy being retained by the Superintendent of Streets for reference; or some other plan which will accomplish the same result.
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